The sibling syrphids Eupeodes bucculatus and E. goeldlini in the Netherlands(Diptera: Syrphidae)Recently, the hoverfly Eupeodes goeldlini Mazánek, Láska & Bicˇik, 1999 has been described,a species very similar to E. bucculatus (Rondani, 1857). This paper gives the first records ofE. goeldlini for the Netherlands. The distribution of both species in the Netherlands is discussedand some comments are made on characters to distinguish the species.